So I've joined my friends' band, Eight Days From Sunday, as bassist. We released a new demo (can be downloaded on last.fm - http://www.last.fm/music/Eight+Days+From+Sunday/_/The+End) which sort of moved the band closer to hardcore than its original pop-punk.

suck in and breath out
repeatedly
air hosted in lungs
free to leave
or at least an illusion
of autonomy
we all live in illusion
of autonomy

well ain't it some shit that
our biggest flaws are ourselves
and it speaks for something
in those tired arguments
where it's nature versus nurture
and nurture seems so slim
or maybe it's just that i, i'm just a pessimist

you can't stop to think before you think

or maybe i'm just tired
of thinking that people can change
i'm probably just jaded
from thinking that i did

we're at instinct's mercy
we'll never win
reason is fabrication
consciousness is a farce
needless to say: our direction is faulty

oh the clichés are overwhelming
so misguided
millions of drones
in overwhelming proportions of shit

too many politicians
and kissing circles
fuck your soapbox
step the fuck down

the nuisance is too many clever fools
too many idle minds
just turning to shit
dinosauric proportions of utter shit

We, as well, have never posted here before, but I figured to give it a shot. I play mandolin in a 4 piece "folk punk"/pirate-y/adventure/acoustic shouting band called THE MANX (mandolin, banjo, accordion, upright bass, plenty of shouting).

http://themanx.bandcamp.com/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Manx/196657330371823

We're trying to get some interest going so we can team up with a label for an EP we'd like to release towards the end of the year.